What an ECB summons decided in violation costs.
An ECB summons decided in violation went to a hearing the respondent took part in, and the hearing officer found the charge proved. It is the most common outcome on the record and it carries a penalty of record.
46,309 DOB summonses heard at OATH/ECB were decided In Violation, 29.8% of the 155,556 matters on this record carrying an outcome. 99.5% carry a penalty of record, 2,194 dollars per matter across every one of them.
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What each outcome costs
| Hearing outcome | Relative cost | Dollars per matter | Matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 7,313 | 34,907 | |
| Pending | 3,451 | 21,868 | |
| In Violation | 2,194 | 46,309 | |
| Pop/In-Vio | 1,916 | 11,788 | |
| Admit/In-Vio | 1,841 | 10,907 | |
| Stipulation/In-Vio | 783 | 2,514 | |
| Cured/In-Vio | 2 | 11,947 | |
| Dismissed | none | 15,316 |
Penalty of record divided by every matter in that outcome, rounded to the dollar, over 155,556 matters carrying a recorded outcome, issued September 16, 2023 through September 10, 2026. A penalty of record is the amount a decision set on the day it was decided, not a running figure and not what the city’s books show today. Matters the city leaves unclassified carry no outcome and are not counted here.
What the record shows next
The penalty the decision set stands unless it is appealed to OATH's Appeals Division within the time OATH's own rules allow. The underlying condition is a separate matter: the summons is answered, the work still has to be corrected and closed out with the Department of Buildings.
What to do
Read the decision for the penalty it set and the correction it requires, and check the matter on the city's own record by summons number before acting on any aggregate figure, including the ones on this page.
Is IN VIOLATION the same as losing?
It is the outcome where the hearing officer found the charge proved after the respondent took part. On this record it costs less at the median than a default, which is the outcome where nobody appeared at all.
Can a finding of IN VIOLATION be appealed?
OATH runs an Appeals Division that reviews decisions made after a hearing that took place. This page does not file an appeal, set its deadline, or advise on one. OATH publishes the form, the time limit and the grounds.
If this is on your building, the correction is filed with HPD directly. Read how it works, and check your own record on the city's sites.
Check your buildingAggregates only. No building and no respondent is named on this page, and nothing here is legal advice: confirm a matter on the city’s own record by summons number before acting on it. Figures queried at this deploy from our own copy of the DOB ECB Violations dataset. Source: NYC Open Data. All status codes, how a DOB violation reaches OATH, what a default costs.